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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Good Samaritan Counseling Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 582289841
GA · NTEE P500
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of David Brown, Executive Director / CEO ($81,753) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 50 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 90th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: David Brown — reported title “President & Counselor”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

50 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 50 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,366 total compensation of comparable organizations → $138,543 $81,753
$21,88510th
$32,03325th
$51,447Median
$64,59575th
$80,87590th
$81,753This org · 90th
p10$21,885
p25$32,033
p50$51,447
p75$64,595
p90$80,875
$81,753

Comparable organizations

Each figure is Form 990 Part VII columns D + F (reportable pay plus other compensation and benefits; column F may include amounts from related organizations), normalized to GA cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateRevenueMatched titleComp
(reported)
Comp
(adjusted)
FY
Well Of Grace Ministries Inc MI$204,250 Executive Director $21,165 $21,727 2024
The Nest Corporation Inc AL$202,808 Executive Director $43,080 $46,287 2024
The Mindfulness Center Inc MD$205,898 Secretary $32,708 $30,412 2024
Ministry To The Nations TN$210,096 Chaplain $62,000 $64,815 2024
Dream Center Clinic Inc SC$196,023 Executive Director $30,000 $32,046 2023
Care Net Pregnancy Center Of NY$213,297 Executive Di $58,500 $52,574 2024
Haynes Harbour Group Inc FL$213,520 Executive Director $61,538 $57,495 2024
Dress For Success Memphis TN$215,225 Key Employee $58,300 $60,947 2024
3sixty MI$191,368 President $69,000 $70,831 2024
Love Inc MI$218,779 Executive Director $31,200 $32,028 2024
Service Women Action Network DC$223,488 Ceo $75,000 $65,456 2024
The Sophia Institute SC$224,720 Execuitive Director $54,167 $57,861 2023
Open Door Resource Center OH$183,478 Executive Di $49,816 $52,475 2024
Brain Injury Alliance Of Vt VT$180,846 Executive Director $8,073 $8,081 2024
Healing Paws For Warriors Inc FL$180,841 Executive Director $15,534 $14,513 2024
Helping Women Period Inc MI$230,304 Executive Director $44,640 $47,179 2023
Haven Center SD$230,320 Executive Director $20,844 $23,555 2023
Family & Community Services Inc OH$176,962 Executive Director $60,671 $63,909 2024
Sober Living Inc TX$232,625 Executive Director $30,979 $30,820 2024
Nexttalk TX$233,781 Executive Director $45,792 $46,902 2023
The International Youth Alliance For Family Planning DC$234,681 Executive Director $116,511 $104,687 2023
Common Ground Healing Arts VA$171,879 Excutive Director $28,688 $28,362 2023
Divine Values School Inc FL$241,584 President $3,500 $3,366 2023
The Peace Center Inc PA$241,707 Executive Di $50,835 $50,418 2024
Safeart Inc VT$249,590 Co-director Programs $52,960 $54,580 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA cost of living and 2024 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.

Methodology

Comparable organizations were drawn from electronically filed IRS Form 990 returns and matched on sector (NTEE code), budget (a size-adaptive revenue band that tightens as the organization grows), and geography (same-state first, broadening only when too few peers qualify); every organization within the band forms the peer set. To compare fairly across regions and years, peer compensation is normalized to GA cost of living (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023) and to the subject's filing year (CPI-U). The figure benchmarked is Form 990 Part VII, Section A, columns D + F — reportable pay plus other compensation, benefits, and deferred amounts (column F may include amounts from related organizations) — with the chief executive matched by role. Related-organization amounts (column E) and institutional trustees are excluded. Full methodology: peerbasis.org/methodology.

Sample, role match & sensitivity

Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:

BasisSubject percentile
Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default90th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)90th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted84th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted88th

If the percentile moves materially across these definitions, the result is sensitive to methodology choices, and the board should weigh which basis best fits its facts.

Rebuttable presumption of reasonableness · 26 CFR 53.4958-6

Compensation paid by a tax-exempt organization is presumed reasonable — shifting the burden to the IRS — when three requirements are met. This report supplies the comparability data for the second. The board should record the following in its minutes concurrently with its decision:

Draft board minutes — executive compensation

  1. The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (David Brown) was approved in advance by [the Board / Compensation Committee], composed of members with no conflict of interest with respect to the arrangement.
  2. Prior to its determination, the authorized body obtained and relied upon appropriate comparability data, namely the PeerBasis Compensation Comparability Determination dated June 9, 2026, comparing compensation against 50 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $81,753 is reasonable (approximately the 90th percentile of comparable organizations) and documented the basis for this determination concurrently, on [date], by a vote of [__ for / __ against].

Sources: IRS Form 990 e-file data (apps.irs.gov); IRS Business Master File (NTEE classification). Every figure traces to an original public filing — click any organization above to verify it on ProPublica. PeerBasis is a service of Prismind Analytics; its methodology is published, was commissioned for independent adversarial review, and discloses its own limitations. This report is comparability data to support a board's good-faith determination under IRC 4958; it is not legal or tax advice. Generated by PeerBasis on June 9, 2026.